Blood sugar 76 to 78 two hours after eating.....is this OK?

I have been monitoring frequently.  I eat every 3 hours..... always protein and fat with some good carbs.  I don't get the high spikes with crashes.  I just tend to run a little on the low side. 

I was looking over my past glucose results and it seems that for about the last year my blood sugar levels have been consistently under 100, usually in the 70's and 80's, with one reading 68.  I never had any symptoms except when I started feeling very shaky and just strange, like disorientated and I would check my levels and they would be very low, in the 40's and 30's.  The last time was last May and since then I am careful to eat every few hours, always protein with some carbs and I have totally avoided refined carbs since my surgery.  Like I said, I haven't had an episode since May. 

I agree with you. I do not ear refined carbs at all. No added sugar. No white stuff like pasta or white rice. Thank you for sharing your info! Fortunately, I've never gone down below the 60s.

A blood sugar of 70 is considered normal in the hospital that I work in. So, there would be no treatment for a blood sugar in the 70's. Even a blood sugar in the 60s would warrant only a glass of juice.

Thank you for your input!

BS readings, fasting and 2-3 hours after eating,  in the high 70's are normal for me. I also run low blood pressure so maybe I am just lowly  Not everyone falls into the same number category. If you are not spiking high after eating and then dropping low enough to get any of the symptoms associated with hypoglycemia, then it is probably your anxiety causing the problem.

You are doing the right thing by tracking your readings and food intake. 

Hi Multimom! I haven't been on OH in awhile but I remember you! Thank you so much for your input. It is reassuring knowing 70s are not bad. The only time I really feel a bit "off" is when I first get up in the morning, and my BS is sometimes in the mid 60s at that time. Once I have my protein shake and drink lots of water, I feel better. I do think I've made myself quite anxious particularly over the past couple of days; hence feeling very shaky. I have been trying to experiment with different pre bedtime snacks to see what works best in terms of not waking up with low BS numbers. Since I've only been checking my blood sugar level for the past two weeks, and a lot in the past couple of days, I guess it is a learning process AND I need to calm down! LOL. Thanks again!

my fasting blood sugar now is 72. I had been hypoglycemic for 20 years and didn't feel any ill effects until I was in the 40s. how are you feeling two hours after eating? when my hypoglicemia turned to RH pre surgery I felt narcoleptic I couldn't do anything but sleep after eating carbs because of the rise and drop.

Thanks for your reply! In the last couple of weeks of checking my sugar levels at different times of the day, I haven't had any rise and drop. I just run in the 70s and low 80s most of the time and sometimes upper 60s when I wake up. I feel OK in the 70s but a little better in the 80s.

I don't think I'd worry too much then. If you are in the upper 60s or lower 70s and don't feel great eat something healthy to raise it a bit so you feel better. And I would just keep monitoring it. The 20 years of hypoglycemia I was able to control it completely with diet but it did take some trial and error to get it right. Once I figured it out it was pretty easy to maintain unless I skipped a meal.